14/06/2023
**Quote adapted to use inclusive language. Original uses he/him pronouns. Happy pride month ❤️🌈
I heard this in a book this morning, and it struck me very deeply. I have struggled with addiction, issues of self worth, my identity, and accepting my general existence for most of my life. Now I have successfully (or so I feel) learned how to live a life that does not include drugs and alcohol for a little over 9 months. My success has not been strictly through the practice of withdrawal from those actions, or abstinence from substances, but a strong pull from of a felt sense in my heart and my entire being that I belong on this spiritual path. I am meant to deepen my connection to myself, deepen my connection to others, deepen my connection with source and all oneness. This is what it means to me to practice Yoga.
I know the path ahead has many stepping stones that will teach me new ways to navigate. And today I do not ponder the pleasures of the things I have left behind, I ponder the pleasures that my new life brings with it every day.
May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be free from suffering. Namaste.